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What do you do when your country won't let you leave? One group of defectors from the Soviet Union hatched a desperate plan: they'd pretend they were on their way to a wedding, then they'd hijack their plane and fly it out of the country.
Content note: This episode discusses antisemitism in the Soviet Union and the Zionist movement.
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By Demetria Spinrad and Isaac Meyer4.5
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What do you do when your country won't let you leave? One group of defectors from the Soviet Union hatched a desperate plan: they'd pretend they were on their way to a wedding, then they'd hijack their plane and fly it out of the country.
Content note: This episode discusses antisemitism in the Soviet Union and the Zionist movement.
Sources and show notes at this link

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